"If they want to meet, we’ll be ready, and if they don’t, that’s okay too," Sanders said.

North Korea's vice foreign minister Kim Kye Gwan specifically said that the nation would consider canceling the meeting if the US insists on making a "one-sided demand for [Pyongyang] to give up our nukes."

The unprecedented meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un is slated to take place in Singapore on June 12.

North Korea's statements followed reports Tuesday that the country had called off scheduled talks with South Korea, a day before the two nations had planned to meet.

North Korea's Central News Agency said the meeting was terminated in response to the "provocation" of military drills being conducted by the US and South Korea.